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SAG 3: Planetary System Architecture
and Dynamical Stability
Rory Barnes (University of Washington)
SAG chair: Brad Hansen Ravi Kopparapu Dave Bennet
From the DC meeGng
How well does one need to characterize planetary architecture to properly understand exoplanet habitability?
Can we use the staGsGcal properGes of planetary systems gleaned from a GalacGc census to inform the study of nearby planetary systems?
From the DC meeGng
Would it be possible or prudent to exclude some nearby systems from a direct imaging target list based on prior dynamical informaGon that their habitable zones are unstable? AlternaGvely, is it advisable to prioriGze a target list based on such dynamical consideraGons?
What is “architecture”?
Stellar and planetary masses Orbital elements “Minor exoplanets” Exo-‐moons Planet-‐planet interacGons e.g. mean moGon resonances
ObliquiGes
Architecture helps…
Assess planetary habitability -‐ How do orbits change with Gme?
Determine stability -‐ Where should we NOT look?
Constrain origins scenarios -‐ Does that super-‐Earth have water?
Search for planets -‐ Fomalhaut b -‐ T*V
Planetary Habitability
PerturbaGons from other planets change orbits with Gme obliquiGes with Gme
insolaGon with Gme Gdal effects (mainly for M stars)
HD 82943
Barnes & Greenberg 2006
Planetary Habitability
Gl 581 w/extra 1 MJ planet at 0.75 AU with e = 0.3
red is planet c blue is planet d
Planetary Habitability
Mutual inclinaGons -‐> fast, large obliquity variaGons on terrestrial planets υ And c and d have relaGve inclinaGon of 30o (McArthur et al. 2010)
Moons can stabilize obliquiGes, but are they detectable?
An Earth sandwiched between two super-‐Earths with mutual inclinaGon 30o
Figure courtesy John Armstrong
Dynamical Stability
DetecGng terrestrial planets is hard Can we narrow our search by excluding some habitable zone as unstable?
Several studies: Jones et al. (2001); Menou & Tabachnik (2003); Sandor et al. (2005); Kopparapu & Barnes (2010)
Dynamical Stability
Kopparapu & Barnes 2010
Dynamical Stability
Kopparapu & Barnes 2010
Dynamical Stability
Kopparapu & Barnes 2010
Dynamical Stability
Kopparapu & Barnes 2010
Dynamical Stability
But… Mean moGon resonances can stabilize Earth-‐mass planets can masquerade as eccentricity (Anglada-‐Escude et al. 2010)
Stability analyses should be used cauGously
Planet FormaGon
Can the layout of a planetary system reveal its history?
Large eccentriciGes => planet-‐planet scamering Mean moGon resonances => migraGon
Can we constrain composiGon?
Planet FormaGon
Raymond, Mandell & Sigurdsson (2006)
DetecGon
Kalas et al. (2008)
DetecGon
Barnes et al. (2008)
DetecGon
Transit Timing VariaGons
Table courtesy Praveen Kundurthy
Discussion